What effect did World War I have on the status of women? A) Working-class women enjoyed the greatest advancement in economic opp
ortunity. B) The demands of total war actually reduced the opportunities for women. C) All women took advantage of new economic opportunities, which lasted long past the end of the war. D) The slaughter caused by capitalistic tensions caused 32 percent of women to join socialist or communist parties. E) Women in many countries gained the right to vote in the years after the war.
E) Women in many countries gained the right to vote in the years after the war.
Explanation:
Women played a great role on all fronts in World War One, serving with abnegation, heroism and patriotism. After the war, this gave a new momentum to the longtime feminist fight for equal political rights; it increased the political and social pressure for granting women the right to vote. In the US , this was finally granted by the 19th Amendment in 1920.
